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I don’t doubt it. I drove a school bus for three years. The companies don’t give a fuck about anything but money.
Your route is literally impossible to do because of the laws of physics? Tough shit. Routes go over an hour and a kid has to pee? Let them pee their pants. Also, we’re going to pay you minimum wage while being responsible for a heavy vehicle carrying 30+ children in rush hour traffic. These are the problems drivers face. Its why they have like 300% turnover.
Oh, and we hope you like getting sick all the time because kids are disgusting and the bus is a giant petri dish on wheels!
Actually I found that I stopped getting sick. I guess being exposed to everything in small doses every day strengthened my immune system. 🤷♂️
My dad wasn't so lucky when he drove a school bus. He was always sick with whatever the kids brought in and said it was the worst, most boring, most miserable job he's ever done. Worse than driving a taxi for an extremely sleazy guy who later went to prison.
I actually didn’t mind the job part of the job. I thought I would hate having my cargo talk to me, but the kids were alright. It was the low pay and management’s bullshit that made it awful.